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December 28, 2023, 6:45 AM

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers detail a zero-click iMessage attack that for over four years used four zero-days to hack iPhones, including dozens belonging to Kaspersky employees  —  “Triangulation” infected dozens of iPhones belonging to employees of Moscow-based Kaspersky.  —  Researchers on Wednesday …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US appeals court pauses the ITC's Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 import ban over Masimo's patents, after the Biden administration declined to veto the ban  —  Apple (AAPL.O) scored a victory on Wednesday as a U.S. appeals court paused a government commission's import ban …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Apple resumed Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in some physical US stores on December 27; online sales are set to resume on December 28 by 3PM ET  —  You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple.  The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be available again …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
New York Times:
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue  —  Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times:
Seattle-based e-commerce website Zulily, valued at ~$7B in 2014, winds down its business; in a lawsuit, Zulily accused Amazon of stifling its business  —  Once an e-commerce star, online retailer Zulily will liquidate its inventory to pay its creditors as it winds down.
Washington Post:
Sources: India pressed Apple to come up with alternative explanations for warning Indian journalists and opposition politicians of state-sponsored iPhone hacks  —  NEW DELHI — A day after Apple warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians in October that government hackers …
Financial Times:
Insider Intelligence: LinkedIn's annual advertising revenue, which rose 10.1% YoY to nearly $4B in 2023, is expected to grow 14.1% YoY in 2024  —  Microsoft-owned professional networking site has increased revenues as big brands boycott rival platform  —  Professional social networking site LinkedIn …
Reuters:
Baidu CTO says the company's ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot now has 100M+ users, after launching the chatbot to the public in August, 2023  —  Baidu's (9888.HK) ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has garnered more than 100 million users, chief technology officer of the Chinese internet company Wang Haifeng said on Thursday.
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Researchers develop a protocol to secure AirTags against stalking while maintaining privacy, aiming to improve on Apple's system of rotating public identifiers  —  Apple updated its location-tracking system in an attempt to cut down on AirTag abuse while still preserving privacy.

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